The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team is set to open the 2018 campaign as it hosts Trine (Ind.) on Sept. 24 under 3rd-year head coach Beth Hemminger.
Northern posted a 3-13 record in its second season as a varsity program at Ohio Northern.
After opening with the Thunder at Dial-Roberson Stadium, Northern will travel to regional-foe Wooster on Mar. 1 for a 7 pm contest.
Spring Break will feature contests in Sewanee, Tenn. as Northern takes on Carthage (Wis.) on Mar. 5 and Sewanee (Tenn.) on Mar. 7.
After returning home from spring break, Northern will host Cleary (Mich.) on Mar. 10and Sienna Heights (Mich.) on Mar. 15.
ADA - The Ada volleyball team lost in three sets to visiting MAC powerhouse Coldwater Thursday evening in a non-league match as Bulldog senior Melina Woods reached a program milestone.
The Bulldogs (3-2) fell to the unbeaten Cavaliers 25-10, 25-15, 25-22 but Woods became the first player in Ada annals to reach 1,000 career kills midway through the third set.
The versatile southpaw Woods knocked down 17 kills and added 11 digs, two blocks and one ace in the match.
The Ohio Northern men's cross country team was picked to finish second in the Ohio Athletic Conference preseason poll, voted on by the leagues 10 head coaches.
Northern welcomes back five letterwinners to the team, all of which are All-OAC honorees.
ONU is coming off of one of its most successful seasons in school history where it posted a 114-20 record and finished 14th as a team at the NCAA III Championships.
Ohio Northern opens the season on Sept. 1 as it travels to Bluffton to compete in the annual Bluffton 5k Invitational.
LIMA – Allen East won a three-team Northwest Conference golf match Wednesday in a tiebreaker at Colonial Golf Club.
AE and Columbus Grove tied with 198 strokes, but the Mustangs won when their fifth man shot 56 compared to 57 by CG. Ada finished third with 249 strokes.
Brevin Sizemore led the Bulldogs with a score of 55. Teammate Alex Morgan was close behind with a total of 57. Austin Amburgey carded a 68 while Rob Allison posted a 69.
Ethan Hull shot 71 and Jake Colwell added a total of 76.
The Ohio Northern women's cross country team will look to post its 16th consecutive upper division Ohio Athletic Conference in 2017 under 9th-year head coach Jason Maus.
The Polar Bears finished fourth in the OAC in 2016 after finishing the season with a 49-49 record.
"Our women have improved quite a bit," said head coach Jason Maus. "We think we may be able to surprise some people this season. Our girls worked hard during the offseason and really put in the time to get better."
Maus and his staff welcome back nine letterwinners in 2017, led by senior OAC Champion Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes).
